Forty-three percent of the poll’s respondents answered that keeping their job was more important than any carnal relations. ”There’s no way I could afford my mortgage and bills if I lost my job and the whole family would be in crisis. Thankfully this isn’t a choice I have to make,” wrote one man who answered the question.

Roxy Palace found that, in general, single men were more likely to chose sex than fellows who had a family to support.